Newcastle Educational Psychology Service
Newcastle Educational Psychology Service
Educational Psychologists work with the City’s children and young people, aged 0 to 25 years, who have Special Educational Needs (SEN) Educational Psychologists all have a first degree in psychology and a higher degree in Educational Psychology.
The Educational Psychology Service is funded by the Local Authority to provide statutory advice during an assessment for an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan. During these assessments, the Service works with families, schools and settings and other professionals as well as with the child or young person themselves.
Currently the very high number of requests for statutory EHC assessments means that the Educational Psychology Service is unable to provide its usual traded service to schools to support their early intervention and preventative work around SEN. However the Service is continuing to support schools and settings through a core offer of activities. These core activities are free to schools and settings and are designed to either help develop staff skills and knowledge or to offer support to children and young people with specific identified needs. Please click on this link to see a summary of the core offer, or scan or click the link below to access the EPS Resource Library.
Please note that although the Service welcomes discussions with parent / carers and other professionals; we are not able to accept referrals directly from these groups.
To find out more about the role of the Educational Psychologist, please watch the video below:
- Tools for Support
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Person Centred Practice
Everything that we do is underpinned by person-centred practice (Rogers, 1975). We have produced this short video explaining what this means, and how you could also be person-centred.
- Cognition and Learning
- Communication and Interaction
- Social Emotional Mental Health
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Understanding and Developing Social, Emotional and Mental Health Skills (SEMH)
- Sensory and Physical
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Content coming soon
- International New Arrivals
- Emotionally Based School Non Attendance
- Group Consultation
- Transition
- Inclusive Practice
- Day 6 Provision
Time / Date Details
Sessions run Monday to Friday 8.30 – 4.30
We work into schools and settings during school term time
Availability
A referral is required to access this service. An Educational Psychologist becomes involved following a request from the Local Authority to contribute to the statutory assessment of a child or young person, or when a school or setting funds early intervention or preventative work.
